Joyce Hoffspiegel, Ph.D.
clinical psychologist and psychotherapist

Joyce Hoffspiegel San Francisco Peninsula therapist

Education

I received a B.A. in Psychology from Rutgers University (1966), and an M.A. in School Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University (1969). I received my Ph.D. in social-cognitive psychology from Rutgers University's Institute for Cognitive Studies (1981) with a specialty in personality theory.

My academic career has included appointments as Assistant Professor of Psychology at Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts; Director of the Graduate Program in Psychology at Rider College, New Jersey; and visiting faculty at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, California.

My research has focused on complex decision making during social interactions; the role of emotions during interpersonal problem-solving; and gender differences in relationships.

Awards

New Jersey State Scholarship Rutgers University, Graduate Teaching Assistantship.

Clinical Work

My post-doctoral internship was served at Hackensack Hospital, Institute for Child Development, in New Jersey, where I served as a psychologist on a multi-disciplinary team, evaluating children with exceptional needs. For over thirty years I have been a licensed psychologist in private practice in Montclair, New Jersey, Carmel, California and, currently, Palo Alto. As a member of the Medical Staff, Department of Psychiatry, at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula for over ten years, I served as a supervisor of psychotherapy for mental health providers.

Working with leaders in corporate spheres, I have provided organizational developmental (OD) services to clients and their executive teams.

As a media psychologist for (KCCN) CBS affiliate, Monterey, CA, I produced a bi-monthly spot on regularly-broadcast "Your Health" segments and appeared live with question and answer interactions on current mental health issues (1993-1995).

I have recently offered seminars to physician groups focused on "Psychological Issues Facing Physicians and their Families," with grand rounds presentations at numerous hospitals. I have facilitated ongoing physician discussion groups related to these topics.

Professional Papers / Presentations

Throughout the years I have presented numerous talks to community and professional organizations dealing with parenting, intimate relationships, depression and suicide, women and achievement, psychological resilience, self care for psychologists and personality style of leaders in corporate and medical roles. Below is a list of presentations representative of my research during my academic career.
  • Hoffspiegel, J. & Goorwitz, L. Psychotherapeutic considerations when therapist and client come from different worlds. Paper presented to the Division of Psychotherapy of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, 1993.
  • Hoffspiegel, J. & Goorwitz, L. The application of Piagetian and Wernerian psychology to clinical practice. Paper presented at the New Jersey Psychological Association Conference, Livingston, 1982.
  • Hoffspiegel , J. Sex-related features of affective forms of categorization and their relationship to cognitive change during impression formation. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, New York, 1981.
  • Hoffspiegel, J. The role of affect in cognitive organization during interpersonal events: Implications for the female world of the eighties. Paper presented at the National Conference of the Association for Women in Psychology, Los Angeles, 1980.
  • Hoffspiegel, J. & Feffer, M. The role of affect in overriding primacy during impression formation. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, Hartford, 1980.
  • Hoffspiegel , J. A Piagetian perspective of role taking, shared child-rearing and their implications for sex role identity. Paper presented at the National Conference of the Association for Women in Psychology, Dallas, 1979.

Licenses and Certifications

  • License in Clinical Psychology - California, 1991
  • License in Clinical Psychology - New Jersey, 1984
  • Certification in School Psychology - New Jersey, 1970
  • National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, 1992

Professional Memberships

  • American Psychological Association
  • Santa Clara County Psychological Association
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